Kira Frew

"Movement is medicine" Kira was born and raised in Vancouver, BC and moved to Whistler in 2015 being drawn by the mountains, the lifestyle, and the like-minded and active community. Kira’s interest in physiotherapy developed out of her life-long participation and love for sports and physical activity. From a young age she was constantly on the move with a fascination for how the body works. Her early years were spent in competitive gymnastics and she transitioned to playing ultimate frisbee in high school. She was a member of the Canadian National Ultimate Frisbee Program for 14 years competing at world championships all over the world- from Australia to Latvia and everywhere in between. With participation in sport came injuries and this made her realize the importance of physiotherapy in injury rehabilitation and injury prevention in order to be able to continue to participate and perform at a high level. Prior to attending physio school at the University of British Columbia, Kira completed her Bachelor’s in Human Kinetics, as well as a Masters of Science with her thesis research focusing on sports injury prevention. Her Masters degree influences her physiotherapy approach as she has a passion for trying to get to the root cause of injuries to prevent recurrence. Kira’s assessment approach includes thorough postural and movement analysis. Her treatments combine movement retraining and personalized exercise prescription with manual therapy techniques, such as joint mobilizations and IMS, to assist patients in reaching their goals. Kira has been fortunate to have brought her interests in travel and physiotherapy together with work opportunities overseas. As a physiotherapy student she went on placement in Sri Lanka where she got to work with an interdisciplinary team, and also learn about the philosophies and practices of Ayurvedic medicine and how these could be integrated with Western medicine practices. She also had the opportunity to work in rural New Zealand in early 2021 which again combined her love of travel, physiotherapy, and adventure. Kira is registered with the College of Physical Therapists of BC (CPTBC) and holds additional certifications in functional dry needling, orthopaedic manual therapy, concussion and vestibular management, and the thoracic ring approach. When not practicing physio, Kira can be found enjoying mountain biking, hiking, trail running, or working on her greenhouse garden in the summer; and snowboarding, skiing, or splitboarding in the winter. Clinical interests include: post surgical rehabilitation, knee injuries, injury prevention, movement retraining and exercise prescription."